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Ms. Ghosh discussed the activities of the Bill and Melinda Gates [...] [...]

At the 4th meeting, on 12 April, the keynote speaker, Amy Tsui, Professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Director of the Bill and Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health, addressed the Commission on the theme “Improving family planning services to achieve universal reproductive health” and responded to questions raised by the representatives of Indonesia, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Kenya, Malaysia, the United States of America and the Netherlands and by the observers for Norway, Denmark and the Gambia.

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has provided funding for a number of high-profile health and technology initiatives.

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Several proposals for new partnerships were contained in the responses: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the Carrefour Foundation, the World Conference on Women, Fulbright Scholarships, the British Distance Learning Agency, the Commonwealth of Learning, Action Aid International, Save The Children, interreligious dialogue networks in the field, ALECSO and ISESCO.

Other key contributors to UNHCR’s programmes included the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the United Arab Emirates Red Crescent Society, the Sheikha Fatima Fund for Refugee Women, the Postcode Lottery in the Netherlands and Sweden, the United Nations Foundation, the Lebara Foundation, and the Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Fund.

The three largest contributors under this category were the European Union, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC).

Renewable energy technologies were also promoted, for example under an energy access project for poverty reduction in sub-Saharan Africa, on behalf of UNDP and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which encouraged the use of vegetable oil engines, instead of diesel engines, to power small agro-enterprises.

The latter, conducted on behalf of UNDP and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, provided power to rural villages in order to establish sustainable agro-enterprises run by women.

In addition to corporate partnerships, UNHCR’s relationships with major charitable foundations, such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the United Nations Foundation, the Jolie-Pitt Foundation, and the Howard G. Buffet Foundation, as well as with the Office’s Goodwill Ambassadors, brought about important contributions and material support, and played a critical role in terms of advocacy.

The role of the private sector in production and distribution of food was recognized; particular mention was made of current work with The Bill & Melinda Gates and Rockefeller Foundations and the United Nations to better connect small farmers to markets, against the budget of US$ 1 billion of food purchase in developing countries in 2008.

UNFPA is active in the H8, an informal group of eight international agencies active in the area of health (WHO, UNICEF, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), the World Bank, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization), aimed at better coordination, particularly at the country level.

In Pakistan, UNICEF works with the government and the World Health Organisation (WHO), with the support of Rotary International, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, USAID and Japan International Cooperation Agency, to provide vaccines, engage with the media, and support door-to-door visits promoting immunization.

Among the major contributors to UNICEF were Rotary International ($48 million), Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation ($45 million), GAVI Global Fund for Children’s Vaccines ($14 million), Canadian Micronutrient Initiative ($11 million) and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria ($6.2 million).

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Currently, the site only hosts five UN-Habitat projects, but Melin said that by the end of 2012 all projects approved since January 1 will be added, and all remaining projects will be added by the end of 2013.